The official "What book are you reading?" thread....

[AndrewBird]

Just finished The Complete Persepolis for my Literature Into Film class. Also recently read No Country for Old Men, To Live and Band of Brothers, all for that class. Next up is Miracle at St. Anna.

[Turf1600]

Just got done with Left Behind by Tim Lahaye. Now only 13 books too go. I really enjoyed reading it.

I also have a side book of True North by Bill George..haven't really gotten into it yet

Isn't that the book where all atheists are left on the planet after god leaves or soemthing?

[Mastrcruse]

Just got done with Left Behind by Tim Lahaye. Now only 13 books too go. I really enjoyed reading it.

I also have a side book of True North by Bill George..haven't really gotten into it yet

[e30esque]

City of God by E.L. Doctorow

[hugh jass]

Let's see, in the briefcase at the moment:

The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein. Basically states the obvious, that you late teen/early twentysomething "millenial" myspace and facebook whores are functionally retarded.

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexiviech: Firsthand accounts of people around the village and the fallout. Depressing, but good.

You do not Talk about Fight Club: A collection of essays on the book. Makes you realize how shitty everything Pahliniuk has done post "monsters" really is.

The Unfair Advantage, Mark Donohue. Autobiography of the man, read it many times, picked it back up after David won the Rolex 24.

-Charlie

I liked the content of the Unfair Advantage but I thought the writing was crap.

[Charlie]

Let's see, in the briefcase at the moment:

The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein. Basically states the obvious, that you late teen/early twentysomething "millenial" myspace and facebook whores are functionally retarded.

Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexiviech: Firsthand accounts of people around the village and the fallout. Depressing, but good.

You do not Talk about Fight Club: A collection of essays on the book. Makes you realize how shitty everything Pahliniuk has done post "monsters" really is.

The Unfair Advantage, Mark Donohue. Autobiography of the man, read it many times, picked it back up after David won the Rolex 24.

-Charlie

[KenC]

The House of God

I don't think anyone outside of the medical field ever reads this.

[hugh jass]

is freakonomics good?

yeah, its really good. some of the trends he looks at are really crazy but it all makes sense in the explanations with the data he provides.

[Money$hit]

is freakonomics good?

[hugh jass]

The End of Food - about how fucked up our food supply is
The God Delusion - religion is bad, mmmkay?
Parenting Beyond Belief - how to raise a kid without religion
Freakonomics - explains crazy trends in everyday things that at first don't make sense

[brandon11130]

just finished cashflow quadrant and think and grow rich,

im halfway through richest man in babylon

[jflip2002]

People generally dislike what they aren't good at.

Lol, ouch. I read pretty well, though.

[euroshark]

Readin's for rich people...

Just kidding.

Next by Michael Crichton - Pretty cool so far

[cholyoke]

The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow

Just finished:
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., by Ron Chernow.
Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert

All are excellent reads.

[Turf1600]

I personally hate reading books

People generally dislike what they aren't good at.